Writing
Yohji Yamamoto (SHOWSPACE)
“Are you listening? The fabric has so much to teach us.” Summer is always a great time to explore the latest exhibitions as the demands of academic life slow...
SALT: It's time we stopped destroying the earth
This week I wrote a post for SALT magazine about the environmental issues the fashion industry must address. In a world with rapidly depleting resources and...
Sustainability: Kering Partnership
One of the most important developments in our support of sustainability is our partnership with fashion conglomerate, Kering. Kering own some of the world’s...
Sustainability: Research
Research is vital in any educational setting, as it is ultimately what challenges preconceptions and expands our imaginations. At LCF, the pioneering research...
Savage Beauty with Claire Wilcox (V&A)
On Monday I was treated to a tour of the V&A’s brilliant Savage Beauty exhibition. I was guided by our own Chair of Fashion Curation at LCF, and the...
Sustainability: Bees
Bee keeping at LCF is part of our Better Lives campaign, which aims to use fashion as a discipline to drive change and build a sustainable future. Placing a...
Ladybird by Design Exhibition (House of Illustration)
Last Thursday evening, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of ‘Ladybird by Design’ at the House of Illustration, which I recently joined as Chair of...
Sustainability: Waste Off Challenge
At LCF, students and staff take part in in the Waste Off Challenge: to turn waste materials from around the college into purposeful inventions. The university...
Louis Vuitton La Galerie (Asnieres)
Last weekend I enjoyed a few days in Paris, where I met our Professor of Fashion and Museology at LCF, Judith Clark. Judith, along with other members from...
The Kering Award: Judging Day
On Tuesday I went to the Kering offices to be part of the judging panel for the Kering Award for Sustainable Fashion. The award was developed at The Centre...
Sustainability: Grow a Garment
Not many of us know where the garments we buy on a weekly basis were made, let alone what they are made from. To challenge this modern problem, LCF teamed up...
Opinion: Fashion & Technology
“Only with technology can you create new things in fashion. Everything else has been done.” -Hussein Chalayan Yesterday I took part in a thought-provoking...
Sustainability: Teaching and Learning
London College of Fashion has been working to integrate sustainability across the areas of learning, teaching and research. This is taking place through our...
Opinion: Better Lives – building a sustainable future
I am really passionate about my ethos of 'Better Lives', which has become one of the cornerstones of my headship at the London College of Fashion. It is a...
A student perspective on #LCFBA15
As well as opening the London College of Fashion BA15 catwalk show, BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Embroidery final year student Nathalie Ballout has also been...
Craft at London College of Fashion
From the craft of production through to the craft of use, designers and researchers at London College of Fashion work to ensure that craft still has a strong...
"For the digital image can turn the clock back, scramble time, fast forward, reverse, and then cut to the chase. It can impose a riot on a fashion scenario or...
Working in London's East End: Fashion Means Business, Beal Academy Trust
The School of Management and Science, within the Fashion Business School at LCF, are taking part in the 14-19 Beal Business Innovation Hub, Evolution Sessions...
Celebrating #LCFBA15
This year, for the first time, London College of Fashion are showcasing the work of final year undergraduates across all disciplines under one roof. Beginning...
Fashion & Feminism
Last week the LCF Fashion Media and Imagery Research Hub presented a round table discussion on Fashion and Feminism. The panel consisted of Pamela Church...
"When you stop consuming, the effect is to step out of one very particular fashion world, one in which we look (in vain) for a sense of community in clothing...
Working in London's East End: Progression at London College of Fashion
Progression is an area of work at LCF that supports students from our local communities to make the transition from Further Education to Higher Education....
What is fashion right now? By Rob Phillips
What is fashion right now? What does it mean? How does it look? I see professionalism, planning, polishing, formatting and branding of ultimately a lot of...
LCF and V&A Alexander McQueen Conference
In collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum's Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty exhibition (14 March – 19 July 2015), London College of Fashion's...